Hasanaginica (film)

Hasanaginica (English: Hassan-Aga's Wife) is a 1967 Yugoslav feature film. It was written and directed by Mića Popović based on the motifs of a Bosnian folk ballad of the same name.^[1]

Hasanaginica
Directed by	Mića Popović
Written by	Mića Popović
Starring	Milena Dravić Rade Marković Relja Bašić Ratislav Jović
Edited by	Jelena Bjenjaš
Music by	Zoran Hristić
Production company	FRZ Belgrade
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	72 min
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-Croatian

Plot

Zeina is left at home with two children and an elderly servant after her husband, Hasanaga, leaves on military duty. Zeina's brother Murat comes to visit, complaining that the water has washed away his land and asking his sister for money to buy new land from the Kadia of Imot. Zeina is impatiently waiting for Hasanaga. She refuses to go to him when summoned, because of a warning dream. On his return, he throws her out of his house. Zeina is banished and forever separated from her children.^[2]

Cast

• Milena Dravić as Zeina (Hasanaginica)
• Rade Marković as Džamonja
• Đorđe Nenadović as Hasanaga
• Relja Bašić as Kadia of Imot
• Rastislav Jović as Murat
• Kaja Grganović     
• Bogdan Dević     
• Aleksandar Dević     
• Prvoslav Nikolić     
• Živorad Šobić

Awards

• Pula Film Festival, 1967 - Golden Arena for Best Music^[3]